Production Supervisor (E-Coat) - 2nd Shift

Eaton Corporation; Waukesha (WI); On-site; USD 86,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Corporation's ES AMER ESS division in Waukesha, WI is seeking a Production Supervisor (E-Coat) for the 2nd shift. You will staff and lead a production workforce, manage staffing, training, and safety programs, and drive continuous improvement to meet cost and quality targets.

Responsibilities include budgeting, shift handoffs, quality assurance, and Lean/Six Sigma initiatives. Relocation is not provided; commensurate with experience.

Qualifications

• Must have a High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 1 year in a supervisor or team lead role.
• Minimum 5 years manufacturing experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Lean/Six Sigma certifications are a plus.
• Experience with SAP planning and ordering functions is preferred.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and SAP.

Responsibilities

• Staff, develop and maintain an effective workforce of production personnel.
• Manage employee selection, counseling, training and development and a non-union environment.
• Establish personal and departmental performance goals and objectives.
• Support safety objectives to improve incident rate, OSHME score, and safety risk rating.
• Improve employee involvement and communications to meet objectives.
• Plan, direct and control work centers within budget and quality standards.
• Own area performance; coordinate handoffs between shifts and lead continuous improvement.
• Maintain quality and quantity to meet engineering specs; minimize scrap and rework.
• Analyze operating reports and take actions to control costs and expenses.
• Prepare budgets for controllable expenses and provide budgeting info.
• Implement modern manufacturing methods to reduce costs and improve quality.
• Identify training needs and work with HR to address them.
• Advocate safety and environmental initiatives and ensure SAP usage.
• Promote Lean principles and data-driven decision making (Six Sigma, SPC).
• Provide leadership across all three shifts.

Skills

Leadership

Team supervision

Lean Six Sigma

Education

High School Diploma or GED

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP planning and ordering

Word

Excel

Job description

Eaton's ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Production Supervisor (E-Coat) - 2nd Shift.

This role is based in our Waukesha, WI facitlity. No relocation assistance will be provided. This will be for our 2nd shift.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $86000 - $126000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

What you’ll do:

• You will staff, develop and maintain an effective workforce of production personnel to accomplish department goals.
• You will be responsible for employee selection, counseling, training and development and for managing the department through contemporary management to ensure continued non-union status.
• You will establish personal and departmental performance goals and objectives.
• You will help achieve plant safety objectives to improve incident rate, OSHME score, and safety risk rating.
• You will improve employee involvement and communications to achieve strategic operating objectives.
• You will plan, direct, and control the work of assigned work centers to make maximum effective utilization of employees, equipment and material within budgetary requirements and cost/quality standards. This includes complete responsibility for the effective utilization of overtime and control of absenteeism.
• You will own the overall performance of assigned area. Facilitate smooth hand offs between all shifts, identify and facilitate continuous improvement activity, participate and lead initiatives to meet plant level goals, work with Shift Supervisors to set appropriate staffing levels and staffing alignment.
• You will maintain the quality as well as quantity of various manufactured parts so that they meet engineering specifications. Manage each work center to achieve the lowest level of scrap and rework possible.
• You will be responsible for analyzing operating reports and taking necessary corrective action to effectively control all costs and expenses related to the department.
• You will prepare budgets for all controllable expense accounts pertaining to own department and provide other budgetary information to supervisor as requested to meet plan budgeting requirements.
• You will be responsible for effective implementation of modern manufacturing methods that will reduce costs and increase production while improving the quality of goods produced. Responsible for being knowledgeable of new technologies and applications of state of the art manufacturing.
• You will identify specific training needs of assigned employees and work with HR to develop programs designed to address their needs. Where required, participate in these programs as a trainer.
• You will act as a strong advocate of company Safety and Environmental initiatives and priorities.
• You will ensure that all SAP systems and functions are being maintained, supported and used.
• You will act as a strong advocate of Lean operating principles and database decision making such as Six Sigma and SPC.
• You will have departmental responsibility and provide departmental leadership across all three shifts.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• High School Diploma or GED from an accredited institution
• One (1) year of Supervisor or Team Lead experience
• Five (5) years of manufacturing experience
• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1, H-1B, H1B cap registration, O-1, E-3,TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.
• No relocation assistance will be provided for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius will be considered. Active-Duty Military Service Member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution required
• Five (5) years of supervisory experience
• Lean/Six Sigma certifications
• Experience with SAP planning and ordering functions
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, and SAP

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.

You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.

To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.

We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.